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Julie went in to audition for a guest spot on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They loved her, but felt she wasn't right for the part. When 'Rhoda' was created, they knew they wanted her for the part of Brenda. The role was written with her in mind. See more trivia »

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Julie Deborah Kavner
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2013 Chickadee (pre-production)
Miss Ottinger
 
1989-2012 The Simpsons (TV series)
Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier / …
– Lisa Goes Gaga (2012) … Marge Simpson (voice)
– Ned 'N' Edna's Blend (2012) … Marge Simpson (voice)
– The Spy Who Learned Me (2012) … Marge Simpson (voice)
– A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again (2012) … Marge Simpson (voice)
– Beware My Cheating Bart (2012) … Marge Simpson (voice)
See all 507 episodes »
 
2008 Stand Up to Cancer (TV movie)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
2008 The Simpsons Ride (short)
Marge Simpson (voice) / Patty Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
2007 The Simpsons Game (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice) / Patty Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
2007 The Simpsons Movie
Marge Simpson (voice) / Selma (voice) / Patty (voice)
 
2006 Click
Trudy Newman
 
2004 The Simpsons' Christmas Message (TV short)
Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
2004 Behind the Legend: Timon (video short)
Mom (voice) (uncredited)
 
2004 The Lion King 1½ (video)
Mom (voice)
 
2004 Barn Red
 
2003 The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice) / Patty Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
2002 The Simpsons: Skateboarding (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
2001 The Simpsons: Road Rage (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
2001 The Simpsons: Wrestling (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
2001 Someone Like You...
Furry Animal (voice)
 
1999 Simpsons Bowling (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice) / Patty Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
1999 Story of a Bad Boy
Elaine
 
1996-1999 Tracey Takes On... (TV series)
Jobie Wolf / Midge Dexter
– End of the World (1999)
– Agents (1998)
– Loss (1998)
– Politics (1997)
– Supernatural (1997)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1999 A Walk on the Moon
P.A. Announcer (voice)
 
1999 Judy Berlin
Marie
 
1998 Doctor Dolittle
Female Pigeon (voice)
 
1997 Deconstructing Harry
Grace / Harry's Character
 
1997 The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice) / Patty Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
1996 Jake's Women (TV movie)
Karen
 
1996 The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1995 Forget Paris
Lucy
 
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
Marion Hollander
 
1994 Birdland (TV series)
Madeline Diamond
– Grand Delusion (1994) … Madeline Diamond
 
1994 I'll Do Anything
Nan Mulhanney
 
1992 This Is My Life
Dottie Ingels
 
1992 Sibs (TV series)
– Honey, I Shrunk My Head (1992)
 
1991 Shadows and Fog
Alma
 
1991 To the Moon, Alice (TV short)
Sitcom Producer
 
1991 Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (TV movie)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1991 Comic Relief IV (TV movie)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1991 The Simpsons (Video Game)
Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
1990 The Ice Capades 50th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1990 Alice
Decorator
 
1990 Awakenings
Eleanor Costello
 
1990 Do the Bartman (TV short)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1990 The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show (TV movie)
Various Parts
 
1987-1990 The Tracey Ullman Show (TV series)
Marge Simpson / Various Characters / Meg / …
– Episode #4.23 (1990)
– Jinx Haber Revisited (1989)
– The Gate (1989)
– The Co-Op (1989)
– My Date with Il Duce (1989)
See all 43 episodes »
 
1989 The Simpsons: Family Therapy (TV short)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1989 New York Stories
Treva (segment "Oedipus Wrecks")
 
1988 The Simpsons: Family Portrait (TV short)
Marge Simpson (voice)
 
1987 Surrender
Ronnie
 
1987 Radio Days
Mother
 
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
Gail
 
1985 Bad Medicine
Cookie Katz
 
1983 A Fine Romance (TV movie)
Laura Prescott
 
1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Mrs. Falcone ("Municipalians")
 
1980 Taxi (TV series)
Monica Banta Douglas
– Tony's Sister and Jim (1980) … Monica Banta Douglas
 
1980 Revenge of the Stepford Wives (TV movie)
Megan Brady
 
1979 No Other Love (TV movie)
Janet Michaels
 
1974-1978 Rhoda (TV series)
Brenda Morgenstern
– Martin Swallows His Heart (1978) … Brenda Morgenstern
– Jack's New Image (1978) … Brenda Morgenstern
– Martin Comes Home (1978) … Brenda Morgenstern
– Ida's Roommate (1978) … Brenda Morgenstern
– Meet the Goodwins (1978) … Brenda Morgenstern
See all 110 episodes »
 
1977 Lou Grant (TV series)
Alice
– Housewarming (1977) … Alice
 
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV series)
– The Brown Horse Connection (1976)
 
1975 Petrocelli (TV series)
– To See No Evil (1975)
 
1975 Katherine (TV movie)
Margot Weiss Goldman
 
1975 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Jane Darwin
– The Girl Who Couldn't Lose (1975) … Jane Darwin
 
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1990-2011 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Real Housewives of Fat Tony (2011) (performer: "Quando, Quando, Quando")
– The Fight Before Christmas (2010) (performer: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas" - uncredited, "The Original, Unabridged 39 Days of Christmas" - uncredited)
– Million Dollar Maybe (2010) (performer: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - uncredited)
– Pranks and Greens (2009) (performer: "The Twelve Days of Christmas" - uncredited)
– Double, Double, Boy in Trouble (2008) (performer: "Lovin' You")
See all 38 episodes »
 
1983 A Fine Romance (TV movie) (performer: "A Fine Romance")
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2012 Woody Allen, a Documentary: Director's Theatrical Cut (documentary)
Herself
 
2011 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Rove Live (TV series)
Herself / Marge Simpson
– Rove: L.A. (2007) … Herself (voice) (uncredited) / Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
2007 American Idol (TV series)
Marge Simpson
– Idol Gives Back: Part Two (2007) … Marge Simpson (voice)
 
2006 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Robin Williams (2006) … Herself
 
2003 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Herself
– The Simpsons (2003) … Herself
 
2000 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself (voice) (uncredited)
 
1995 The Making of 'Forget Paris' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Marge Simpson
– Episode dated 4 November 1992 (1992) … Marge Simpson
 
1990 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
 
1989 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Performance in a Variety or Music Program & Presenter: Best Directing/Writing in a Comedy Series
 
1988 Tracey Ullman: Backstage (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1987 The 39th Annual Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
 
1978 The 30th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 September 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1975 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 2 June 1975 (1975) … Guest Appearance
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2012 Bettie Page Reveals All (documentary)
Marge Simpson
 
2010 The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends (TV documentary)
Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
2010 The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem (TV documentary)
Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
2010 The Simpsons: Access All Areas (TV documentary)
Marge Simpson (voice) (uncredited)
 
2007 Planet Voice (TV series)
 
2000 CyberWorld (short)
Marge Simpson/Patty Bouvier/Selma Bouvier (voice)
 
1996 The Best of Tracey Takes On... (TV movie)
Midge Dexter [Lesbian Golfer]
 
1995 The Simpsons (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1985) Luke Reilly and her play, "Particular Friendships," was performed at the Hampstead Theatre in Hampstead, London, England with Philip Voss, Caroline Blakiston, and Celia Imrie in the cast. See more »

Alternate Names:

Julie D Carver | Julie Kadavener | Boooooline Kavner | Drooly Kavner | Ghoulie Julie Kavner | Ghoulie Kavner | Ghouls Kavner | Gloulie Kavner | Hoo-Hoo-Hoolie Kavner | Jooooolie Kavner | Jucifer Kavner | Judas Kavner | Julie Kadaver Kavner

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

When I was trying to come up with the voices for Patty and Selma I asked Jim Brooks what he wanted and he said 'They suck the joy out of everything'. See more »

Trivia:

Julie went in to audition for a guest spot on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They loved her, but felt she wasn't right for the part. When 'Rhoda' was created, they knew they wanted her for the part of Brenda. The role was written with her in mind. See more »

Trademark:

Best known as the voice of "Marge Simpson" on the TV show The Simpsons See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo